Officer injured during arrest of armed felon during traffic stop, police say (2024)

IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, TRAFFIC AND WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE BEGIN WITH RESULTS FROM STATE AND COUNTY RACES OUT OF GEORGIA. VOTERS THERE HAVE DECIDED WHO WILL APPEAR ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. US HOUSE DISTRICT TEN UP FIRST FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. LEXI DOUGHERTY HAS DEFEATED JESSICA FOUR WITH 98% REPORTING. DOUGHERTY WILL FACE REPUBLICAN MIKE COLLINS, WHO IS RUNNING UNCONTESTED. TURNING NOW TO A SEAT ON THE GEORGIA COURT OF APPEALS. THIS IS A NONPARTISAN RACE. JEFF DAVIS HAS BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER OVER TABITHA PONDER, 95% REPORTING THERE AND THEN IN THE RACE FOR REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, NORTHERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT D PARKS WHITE RUNNING FOR REELECTION. DAVID JORDAN, THE CHALLENGER THERE. PARKS WHITE WON. HE TOOK HOME 60% OF THE VOTES. THE GEORGIA SUPREME COURT INCUMBENT, ANDREW PINSON, DEFEATED HIS CHALLENGER, JOHN BARROW. THAT WAS A NONPARTISAN RACE, AND WITH 96 6% REPORTING, PINSON LEADS WITH 55% OF THE VOTE. THERE. WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE THIS MORNING. SEVERAL SHERIFF’S RACES HAVE BEEN CALLED IN GEORGIA AS WELL. LET’S START IN ELBERT COUNTY, WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC RACE FOR ELBERT COUNTY SHERIFF DARREN SCARBOROUGH WAS DECLARED THE WINNER THERE. SCARBOROUGH WILL FACE REPUBLICAN JAMIE CALLAWAY, WHO RAN UNOPPOSED IN THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF. CURRENT SHERIFF STEVE THOMAS NOT SEEKING REELECTION THERE. SCOTT ANDREWS TOOK HOME NEARLY 50% OF THE VOTES AND WRAPPING UP IN STEPHENS COUNTY, AND THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR SHERIFF THERE, RUSTY FULBRIGHT WAS NAMED THE WINNER. A REMINDER THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARIES TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 11TH, BUT EARLY VOTING BEGINS NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 28TH. EARLY VOTING WILL END FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH. ELECTION DAY IS FOR BOTH THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES, BUT A REMINDER FOR YOU THIS MORNING YOU CAN VOTE IN EITHER PRIMARY, BUT NOT IN BOTH. FOR MORE RESULTS FROM GEORGIA AND INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING IN SOUTH CAROLINA, YOU CAN HEAD TO WIFE 4.COM AND CLICK ON THE COMMITMENT 2024 TAB. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S CRIMINAL HUSH MONEY TRIAL WILL TAKE A SCHEDULED RECESS TODAY. IT COMES AS THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE HAVE RESTED THEIR CASES IN THE TRIAL. THE JURY WILL RETURN NEXT TUESDAY TO HEAR CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND BEGIN DELIBERATIONS. THE DEFENSE HAD THEIR FINAL WITNESS ON THE STAND YESTERDAY, ROBERT COSTELLO, AN ATTORNEY WHO WANTED TO REPRESENT MICHAEL COHEN. TRUMP DID NOT TAKE THE STAND. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS RELATED TO ALLEGED HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS. MEANWHILE, A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS REJECTED THE LATEST ATTEMPT BY HUNTER BIDEN TO POSTPONE HIS UPCOMING GUN TRIAL. THAT TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN JUNE 3RD IN DELAWARE. LAWYERS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN’S SON ASKED FOR THE DELAY, SO THEY COULD APPEAL THE CASE. PROSECUTORS ALLEGE HE ILLEGALLY BOUGHT A GUN IN 2018 BECAUSE HE WAS USING DRUGS AT THE TIME. HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND IS CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE GUN STATUTE. BIDEN’S LAWYERS ALSO HAVE ARGUED THE CHARGES ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM INSIDE A GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL BUS THAT CRASHED IN APRIL. THAT CRASH HAPPENED ON STAMEY VALLEY ROAD NEAR TRAVELERS REST. TWO KIDS WERE ON THAT BUS, BUT NEITHER WERE INJURED. TROOPERS SAY THE BUS DRIVER WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE WENT OFF THE ROAD, OVERCORRECTED AND THEN WENT BACK ON THE ROAD BEFORE HITTING A MAILBOX AND A FENCE. AND ULTIMATELY THE MOBILE HOME. A VIEW FROM INSIDE THE BUS SHOWS THE DRIVER FALLING OUT OF HER SEAT. NO ONE WAS INSIDE THE MOBILE HOME. THE DRIVER WAS CITED FOR DRIVING TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS. A PART TIME ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER COULD SOON BE COMING TO AN UPSTATE CITY. LAST NIGHT, CLINTON CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE ITS PROPOSED BUDGET ON ITS FIRST READING, $170,000 OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET COULD BE SPENT ON ANIMAL CONTROL, AND THAT COMES MONTHS AFTER 11 YEAR OLD ORION ANDERSON WAS MAULED BY FOUR DOGS WHILE WALKING TO HIS SCHOOL BUS STOP. CITY MANAGER TOM BROOKS SAYS THE ATTACK WAS THE LATEST PUSH TO HIRE AN OFFICER. HE SAYS HE’S WORKING THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS OF HOW THE PROGRAM COULD WORK. THE SECOND READING OF THE CITY’S BUDGET IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN NEXT MONTH. MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY, AN OCONEE COUNTY DEPUTY IS SET TO RETURN TO THE UPSTATE. TODAY, OUR JAMYA JAMYA IS LIVE WITH HOW YOU CAN WELCOME HIM HOME THIS AFTERNOON. CINDY, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO WELCOME DEPUTY LUCAS WATTS BACK HOME FROM RECOVERY. WE’RE ACTUALLY HERE BY THE BRIDGE WHERE THE OVERPASS WILL TAKE PLACE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. YOU MAY REMEMBER, WATTS WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF HIS PATROL CAR BACK IN NOVEMBER. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE SURGERY AND WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING RELEASED, HE WENT TO ATLANTA FOR REHAB, THE SHERIFF SAYS. WATTS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE UPSTATE TODAY BETWEEN 2 AND 3:00. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY ARE INVITED TO LINE HIGHWAY 11 BRIDGE AT I-85 THIS AFTERNOON TO WELCOME HIM HOME. DEPUTIES WILL BE PRESENT FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND HELP THOSE WHO ATTEND TO PARK SAFELY. DEPUTY WATTS WAS ALSO NAMED COUNTY OFFICER OF THE YEAR AT THE GOVERNOR’S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE YEAR CEREMONY. LIVE IN OCONEE COUNTY, JAMIE JAMYA, WYFF NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU. JAMIE. HEY, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 650 LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK IN ASHEVILLE. LOOK AT THAT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL START TO THE DAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. AND AS WE TAKE YOU DOWN TO PARIS MOUNTAIN, IT’S ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS AS WELL. SO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE. WE’LL SEE A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TODAY, 62 DEGREES IN CLEMSON. WE’VE GOT 61. IN SPARTANBURG WE’VE GOT A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS COMING OUR WAY FROM THE WEST, SO WE’LL SEE A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS AT TIMES, BUT OTHERWISE IT’S GOING TO BE A PRETTY NICE DAY AHEAD, MID TO UPPER 80S. SO IT’S GOING TO GET HOT AFTER LUNCHTIME TODAY ACROSS THE UPSTATE. IT’S GOING TO BE PRETTY MILD IN THE MOUNTAINS TOO. A COUPLE STRAY SHOWERS POSSIBLE, BUT MOST OF US STAY DRY. HOWEVER, STARTING TOMORROW AFTERNOON WE’RE BACK TO THOSE ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AND DOWNPOURS ALL THE WAY THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY. WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST AND BEYOND, WITH YOUR FOUR DAY PLUS COMING UP IN ABOUT 6 OR 7 MINUTES FROM RIGHT NOW. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT TRAFFIC NOW. SKY4 UP IN THE AIR FOR US THERE AT I-85 AT HIGHWAY 14. AND YEP, THAT’S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE TEND TO SEE AT 651 IN THE MORNING. WE’RE SEEING THAT SLOWDOWN RIGHT THERE, CLOSE TO 14, CLOSE TO GSP. IF YOUR TRAVELS ARE TAKING YOU DOWN 85 THAT WAY, PERHAPS YOU’RE HEADED INTO DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. DO RECOMMEND YOU LEAVE A FEW MINUTES EARLY AT THIS POINT, WE’LL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE SEE ABOUT THIS TIME OF MORNING. WE’RE NOT SEEING ANYTHING MORE SIGNIFICANT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN OUR TRAVEL TIMES AS WELL. 85 SOUTHBOUND IN THE YELLOW AT TEN MINUTES, THAT’S USUALLY AT SIX. SO I DO RECOMMEND LEAVING FIVE SIX MINUTES EARLY. THE OTHER TWO LOOK GREAT THOUGH. I-240 TO ASHEVILLE HIGHWAY HOLDING STEADY AT 12 MINUTES 35 NORTHBOUND FROM SIMPSONVILLE INTO THE CITY 13 MINUTES. THERE, STUDENTS IN GREENVILLE COUNTY ARE GRADUATING ALL THIS WEEK. THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE AT BON SECOUR WELLNESS ARENA. TODAY, THERE ARE FOUR CEREMONIES J.L. MANN AT 8 A.M. SO COMING UP HERE IN JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR, GREER HIGH AT 11:30 A.M., HILLCREST HIGH AT 3 P.M. AND THE BOYS PROJECT SEARCH AT 6 P.M. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF TRAFFIC AROUND THE WELL THIS WEEK AS WE KNOW, CROWDS WILL BE EXPECTED AND THE CEREMONIES RUN THROUGH TOMORROW. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2024 TOMORROW NIGHT. THE WYFF NEWS FOUR WEATHER TEAM WILL GET YOU READY FOR THE UPCOMING HURRICANE SEASON. WE’LL GO INSIDE NEW TECHNOLOGY FROM BOTH HURRICANE HUNTERS AND DRONES, ALLOWING US TO GET LIFE SAVING INFORMATION FASTER AS SYSTEMS FORM. PLUS RESEARCH INTO GUARDING OUR HOMES AGAINST HAIL, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTUS WILL ALSO SHOW US HOW EL NINO COULD IMPACT JUST HOW ACTIVE THIS HURRICANE SEASON WILL BE. BE SURE TO JOIN US AT SEVEN THURSDAY NIGHT FOR FORECASTING